AI PCs are here and they are cheaper than you may have expected – the Microsoft Surface Laptop starts at $1,000 and comes in two sizes (13.8” and 15”) and it is a thin, light, portable and yet powerful device that showcases all of Windows 11 AI smarts (as well as third-party AI features).
Microsoft has a whole blog post introducing the new brand of “Copilot+ PCs”. These are AI-focused devices that have at least 40 TOPS on tap, so that they can run many AI tasks locally (good for latency and, of course, privacy). Redmond has partnered with Samsung, Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo, all of…